More than 200,000 displaced Syrians return home
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More than 200,000 Syrians displaced from the southern province of Daraa since mid-June have returned to their homes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
More than 200,000 Syrians displaced from the southern province of Daraa since mid-June have returned to their homes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
The Britain-based war monitor said the people had previously feared reprisal from government forces, but had returned to their homes in the south of the country after the Russians guaranteed their safety.
In June, Syrian forces, with the backing of Russian air cover, started a massive ground and air offensive to retake Daraa from rebels.
The onslaught forced more than 320,000 people to flee and camp in open spaces using makeshift shelters near the Jordanian border and in the Golan Heights.
The UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Jordan, Anders Pedersen, said on Sunday that around 200 displaced Syrians were still at a main crossing on the border with Jordan.
On Friday, in a Russian-brokered deal, the rebels in Daraa agreed to hand over their weapons in a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The deal coincided with Syrian government forces taking over the southern Nassib crossing on the border with Jordan, which rebels controlled for more than three years.
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